urban farming/homesteading

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Garden Happiness(es) & Future Harvests

Garden Happiness(es) & Future Harvests

There's so much promise in the garden right now...Lemon CucumbersBlack from Tula TomatoesHubbard SquashSweet CornPearsApplesEggplantPeruvian Purple PeppersHopsTomatillosSpaghetti SquashI hope you're day (and garden) is full of promise, too :-)
August 4, 2012
Mystery Squash

Mystery Squash

I think my heart has broken.  OK, that might be a bit dramatic, but it's almost true. Here's the deal...I thought I planted several Butternut Squash seeds this spring, but now I am positive that I didn't.  The plantings would have given us a delicious and bountiful harvest this fall and the heartbreak comes because they are my absolute favorite…
August 1, 2012
Small Batch Canning

Small Batch Canning

While there have been several great harvests coming in over the past couple of weeks, we still haven't hit the point in the season where it is absolutely (ridiculously) overwhelming.  We've been eating lots of fresh veggies out of the garden and trying to put up as many as possible in the process. I took a long weekend for some…
July 31, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Do you ever have those weeks where time just zooms by and you're not quite sure where it went?  Yep, last week felt that way for me!  It was the last week of the summer camp I manage and I'm not really sure where each of the days went!  There were even evenings that I came home and didn't walk…
July 30, 2012
Vanilla-Rhubarb Jam

Vanilla-Rhubarb Jam

Never did I imagine I would enjoy canning so much!  It may be hot and take a chunk out of each of my weekends, but it is so worth the time and effort!  I've been making jam almost every chance I get and since last week brought another rhubarb harvest, I got to make this delicious recipe last weekend.  The only change…
July 24, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!As the veggies are really starting to roll in, I keep finding myself thinking about how amazing it is to actually be able to grow our own food!  Despite the sunburns and torn up hands, the long waiting periods and ridiculous weeds, every single harvest is a gift.  Even if I only pull a single tomato out of…
July 23, 2012